Daily Action. The daily container (pig) train arrives into Columbia off the Southern's W-Line from Spartanburg. Today was routine NS power, but with a nice horn and engine sound.

It is nice to see a pair of GP-30s as AIKR 4202 and AIKR 4201 are shut down for the weekend.

The daily local rattles along on the way out to the end of the line at the sand mines on a line that once went all the way to Hardeeville and carried Southern passenger trains to Savannah. One of... (more)

Nucor Steel keeps their two diesels in immaculate condition! Nucor 05 was built in March 1955 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as Northern Pacific SW1200 125. (Look closely at the side ... (more)

Foreign Visitors. The daily container (pig) train arrives into Columbia off the Southern's W-Line from Spartanburg. It's not uncommon that UP power leads this train but it's still nice to ... (more)

A new passing track has eliminated a bottleneck here. EB freight #14 tiptoes over the new rails working its way toward Chester. They will do their next switching at Fort Lawn. The former CR uni... (more)

Heading out for Work. The local Y102 heads out on the Eastover Sub to work some industries not far ahead near the Andrews Siding.

Almost Done. The every-day-but-Sunday P77 returns from its work on the old Southern C-Line toward Andrews Yard.

It's late in the day and the crew has gone home. The local switchers drowse away in their usual spot waiting to go back to work in the morning. This sure would be pretty in blue. Hint, hint. M... (more)

As rain threatens in the west the eastbound daily train pulls some empty hoppers out of Circle S Ranch's huge feed mill. They will move the cars to Grace to make room for an inbound grain train. ... (more)

The face of shoreline railroading has changed so much since 70-tonners and old end-cabs plied light rail with light cars. I attribute much of this to the almost universal use of 286,000 lb. gross... (more)

This ATSF original could be imagined to be looking back across a long career and it waits for work in the morning. Easy duty after the Class I duties.

Rolling along Blue Ridge Highway as it nears downtown Belton, the Pickens Anderson Job's pair of bright GE U18Bs pass a classic white southern house on a beautiful spring morning.

On a beautiful morning in downtown Anderson, two of the Pickens Railroad's bright orange U18Bs have doubled their lengthy train from Gluck up to the inbound from Norfolk Southern, and after some s... (more)

Foreign Visitors. Two BNSF units, far away from their home, lead the daily NS 242 through Devine Junction in Columbia, SC.